Radcliffe in negotiations for new role

Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe is in talks to land himself a role in Kenneth Branagh's version of the Peter Shaffer play, Equus.

The play involves a 17-year-old boy who blinds horses and appears to find them sexually arousing. As The Guardian puts it: "The plot involves the hero reaching the height of sexual ecstasy while riding a horse."

Radcliffe has previously indicated that he is keen to avoid being typecast as the wand-wielding wizard.